Sean Monahan has signed a lengthy new contract that will keep him wearing red through 2023. Now that the ink is drying on his deal, Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving can (hopefully) finish up work on Johnny Gaudreau's new deal... while keeping an eye on everyone's favourite thing, the salary cap.

Don't look now, gang, but the Flames will have almost no wiggle room this season regardless of how rich Gaudreau's deal ends up being.

Measuring performance within a single game is a tricky thing: it’s why we insist on large samples of games before we make judgements on whether a performance is repeatable. Unfortunately, there is no single stat that takes into account all the various metrics that we value that occur in a single game.

Game Score uses a variety of metrics that we know and love, including both standard and fancy stats, and rolls them into one, simple number. I was so enthralled by this that I was determined to apply his formula to the Canucks’ 2015-16 season and see who had the best individual games, and who had consistently good ones.

Leafs shouldn't be tanking, the Canucks climb back up the standings, Red Wings re-live jail, comparing Gaudreau to the NHL's best, Oilers building on inheritance, a KHL player goes crazy, NCAA free agent frenzy, no goalie equipment changes, new advanced stats and more in this week's Nation Roundup brought to you by Violent Gentlemen.

Gary Bettman and the NHL held a press conference early Wednesday morning to discuss the World Cup Of Hockey. In this press conference they talked about ads on jerseys, digitally enhanced dasher boards for more ads (and more money), and other miscellaneous hockey talk. Most importantly, Bettman announced that puck and player tracking will be tested during the World Cup of Hockey tournament.

The NHL tried this experiment once before during the 2015-16 All-Star Game, however, it sounds like they've made some adjustments and are taking another swing at it. Sportvision, the same company that does play tracking for the NFL, MLB, Olympics, etc are currently leading the charge. If this new technology can be perfected, it will be a huge step forward for hockey analytics.

When Johnny Gaudreau burst onto the scene in the 2014-15 season, it was a pretty exciting time. Here was a kid, previously considered too small to play in the NHL, defying expectations by taking the lead in rookie scoring and ending up a Calder finalist. How was he going to live up to that?

Well, by being nearly a point-per-game player in his second season and finishing top 10 in league scoring.

And that was just his second year.

So as we wait for Gaudreau's next contract, let's take this moment to compare him to the other top 10 scorers from the 2015-16 season.